History Main / SlidingScaleOfLivingToys

* Banette is a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} that was once a normal stuffed toy, driven to life by a powerful grudge against the person who disowned it. It is said that treating it with enough care will satisfy its grudge and revert it back to its original form. Outside of Banette's Pokédex entries (and its zipper mouth), the games don't really give much indication that Banette is a toy.

* Banette is a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} that was once a normal stuffed toy, driven to life by a powerful grudge against the person who disowned it. It is said that treating it with enough care will satisfy its grudge and revert it back to its original form.

* The title characters in the British cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/TheRaggyDolls'', dolls that live in the reject bin of a toy factory. Each had a minor defect that means they could not be sold and they spend their time forgotten in a bin having adventures. Unusually for this trope, with the exception of one VerySpecialEpisode referencing [[RippedFromTheHeadlines the plight of orphaned children in Romania]] of all things (LongStory), TheMasquerade was a non-issue most of the time because they didn't really belong to anyone or spend much time interacting with humans or other toys.

* Banette is a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} that was once a normal stuffed toy, driven to life by a powerful grudge against the person who disowned it. It is said that treating it with enough care will revert it back to its original form.

* Banette is a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} that was once a normal stuffed toy, driven to life by a powerful grudge against the person who disowned it. It is said that treating it with enough care will revert it back to its original form.

* Banette is a Franchise/Pokemon that was once a normal stuffed toy, driven to life by a powerful grudge against the person who disowned it. It is said that treating it with enough care will revert it back to its original form.

* The title characters in the British cartoon series "TheRaggyDolls", dolls that live in the reject bin of a toy factory. Each had a minor defect that means they could not be sold and they spend their time forgotten in a bin having adventures. Unusually for this trope, with the exception of one VerySpecialEpisode referencing [[RippedFromTheHeadlines the plight of orphaned children in Romania]] of all things (LongStory), TheMasquerade was a non-issue most of the time because they didn't really belong to anyone or spend much time interacting with humans or other toys.

* Likewise, the characters in WesternAnimation/TicketyToc are just figures inside a clock. And yet they live their lives like any normal human kid.

* A lot of the exhibits in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum''.

* Ted, John's teddy bear from ''Film/{{Ted}}''.

* ''Webcomic/PlushAndBlood'': The plush characters in this story push the upper limits of this trope.

* The titular family in TheMennyms, who are human-sized dolls and very convincingly made, but have beaded eyes, yarn for hair and so on. But they are alive and do everything except eat. The books centre on their ongoing efforts not to have their status as dolls discovered by anyone outside the family.'

The toy can switch between animate and inanimate at will, and may communicate with animals, babies, or generally anyone who can't betray their secret. [[TheMasquerade Such toys need to hide their sentience in the presence of older humans.]]

* Emmet (and presumably all the other minifigures) in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', though he's only barely capable of independent motion once in the real world. In [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart the sequel]], [[spoiler: Emmet, Rex, and Lucy are all able to move in the real world, albeit in a choppy motion not unlike stop-motion].

* Emmet (and presumably all the other minifigures) in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', though he's only barely capable of independent motion once in the real world. In [[TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart the sequel]], [[spoiler: Emmet, Rex, and Lucy are all able to move in the real world, albeit in a choppy motion not unlike stop-motion]].

* Emmet (and presumably all the other [=LEGOs=]) in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', though he's only barely capable of independent motion once in the real world.

* VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife has a teddy bear you can buy from a travelling merchant. [[CreepyDoll Apparently it can blink and move when your character is not looking.]]

** Subverted, in that they were actually cursed.

* Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' is this level (well, except for the "friend" part perhaps) for much of his movies, showing his real nature only to the boy.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', except for that one scene in Sid's yard.

* The toys on the [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] series ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''. They come to life when around the titular Doc, but "go stuffed" when anyone else shows up on the scene.

* The characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' are portrayed this way, being trophies come to life and looking exactly like the regular game characters, with no figurine- or doll-like characteristics within their own universe aside from coming to life from trophies and turning back into trophies when killed. This can be seen in the intro and Giga Bowser's introduction in ''Melee'', and moreso various scenes in ''VideoGame/TheSubspaceEmissary'' (which depicts "dead" trophies more akin to stone statues than figurines). The various bits of CanonWelding reinforce their being on this end of the scale; while they are dreamt up from collectible dolls/trophies in the imaginary ''Smash Bros.'' universe, some characters are the same as their fully living canon selves (such as [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]), and some can be summoned in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates other universes]] where they are indistinguishable from ordinary humans (like with [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]]). While the characters ''do'' exist as collectible toys, this is shown (or at least heavily implied) to be in a "real-world" universe that governs the events of the ''Smash'' universe.

* The characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' are portrayed this way, being trophies come to life and looking exactly like the regular game characters, with no figurine- or doll-like characteristics within their own universe aside from turning back into trophies when killed. This can be seen in Giga Bowser's intro in ''Melee'' (where Bowser's trophy comes back from the dead and transforms into Giga Bowser) and various scenes in ''VideoGame/TheSubspaceEmissary'' (which depicts "dead" trophies more akin to stone statues than figurines). The various bits of CanonWelding reinforce their being on this end of the scale; while they are dreamt up from collectible dolls/trophies in the imaginary ''Smash Bros.'' universe, some characters are the same as their fully living canon selves (such as [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]), and some can be summoned in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates other universes]] where they are indistinguishable from ordinary humans (like with [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]]).

* The characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' are portrayed this way, being trophies come to life and looking exactly like the regular game characters, with no figurine- or doll-like characteristics within their own universe aside from turning back into trophies when killed, as seen in Giga Bowser's intro in ''Melee'' and various scenes in ''VideoGame/TheSubspaceEmissary'' (which depicts "dead" trophies more akin to stone statues than figurines). The various bits of CanonWelding reinforce their being on this end of the scale; while they are dreamt up from collectible dolls/trophies in the imaginary ''Smash Bros.'' universe, some characters are the same as their fully living canon selves (such as [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]), and some can be summoned in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates other universes]] where they are indistinguishable from ordinary humans (like with [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]]).

* The characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' are portrayed this way, being trophies come to life and looking exactly like the regular game characters. It's shown best in ''Brawl'''s "Subspace Emissary" story mode. The various bits of CanonWelding in ''[=3DS/Wii U=]'' push them between this and "real and living to everyone"; while they are dreamt up from collectible dolls/trophies in the imaginary ''Smash Bros.'' universe, some characters are the same as their fully living canon selves (such as [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]), and some can be summoned in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates other universes]] where they are indistinguishable from ordinary humans (like with [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]]).